he revenge of the 47 rōnin was adapted into a gripping drama known as Chūshingura, However, at first the Tokugawa desperately fought to suppress it, “slapping down” every He adds: “They really wished it would go away, but they were stuck with the fact that this event had really happened, and that it risked inspiring everyone to behave in the same way. The best analogy I can think of is American gun laws.
